Progesterone question

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I’m using the new oestrogen spray (I found the gel messy and the patches came off easily when I exercised) and I take progesterone for 2 weeks out of 4. I haven’t had a period in around 3 months (I’m 50).

I am forgetting to take the progesterone tablets and recognise they are important but I wonder if it’s just easier to take one every night? What is the benefit of one a day as opposed to 2 for a fortnight?

Bumping as I'd also like to know.

https://www.drlouisenewson.co.uk/knowledge/perimenopause-menopause-and-hrt-everything-you-need-to-know

This should explain a lot- How to Take HRT

TBH your GP ought to have explained all of this.

If you take HRT correctly you should get a withdrawal bleed every month. It's not a period. Your own periods may only happen now and then and HRT override them. If you're not taking progesterone regularly, that is probably why you've not had a withdrawal bleed. The bleed happens when the progesterone level in your blood falls- same as a your own periods/cycles.

There's loads on the Newson site about how it works and the difference between HRT for women who still have their own periods and women who don't (post meno.)

Thanks very much, that link is really helpful.